On Eros and Value

The conversation explores the concept of value and its relationship to Eros. It delves into the distinction between Eros as a quality of being and a quality of becoming. The discussion highlights the hijacking of Eros as a feminine quality and emphasizes that Eros is both feminine and masculine. The conversation also touches on the involutionary given of value and its role in cosmic evolution. It explores the idea that value is the space in which everything arises and that desire discloses value. The ontology of story is also discussed, with the understanding that all stories are scripts of desire and value.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Setting the Context

02:46 Eros as a Quality of Being and Becoming

05:02 The Space of Value

08:46 The Quality of Irreducible Rightness

10:18 The Aspirational Ought

13:22 Value as an Intrinsic Ought